VITTORIA COLONNA and MICHELANGELO
SPONTANEOUS LETTERS
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS of THEIR RELATIONSHIP
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INTRODUCTION
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VITTORIA COLONNA’S LOSS of IDENTITY
KITSCH and FAKE gave her GENIUS the QUIETUS.
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AUTHENTICITY
VITTORIA COLONNA in
MICHELANGELO’S DRAWINGS
1520-1543
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MICHELANGELO
THE LIVING CRUCIFIED
GIFT-DRAWING for VITTORIA COLONNA L E T T E R S
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MADONNA DEL SILENZIO
GIFTDRAWING by MICHELANGELO
NARRATIVE SUBSTRATE by VITTORIA COLONNA
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VITTORIA COLONNA and MICHELANGELO
WIN-WIN FRIENDSHIP
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VITTORIA COLONNA and MICHELANGELO
EXPRESSIVE LETTERS about MUTUAL FRUSTRATIONS
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MICHELANGELO’S SECOND MOSES (1513/1542)
VITTORIA COLONNA
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VITTORIA COLONNA
MICHELANGELO’S OVERZEALOUS MUSE?
CONVERSION of SAINT PAUL
CAPPELLA PAOLINA
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VITTORIA’S LAST LETTER to
MICHELANGELO
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VITTORIA COLONNA
U TURN
RAHEL METAMORPHOSES INTO LEA
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APPENDIXES
MICHELANGELO’S DRAWINGS for
VITTORIA COLONNA
COLLECTIVE WORKS
PRIMARY TEXTS
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH CITED